Moving Again Soon

In a couple of days I leave. I have many mixed feelings about the move. Having a job to start soon after I arrive is exciting. Being able to start classes again later in the month is too, though because they are online, it really won't be the same. I'll have the chance to see my family and my California friends, but it means saying goodbye to my Oregon friends, the children I babysit, my boyfriend and everyone else. All I have to look forward to is massive heat. The rain won't come for many, many weeks. When it does come it won't be a blessing; it'll flood, causing mudslides and accidents.

But what choice do I have? I know few people who have are torn between two states for one reason or another. I'm not sure where I'm supposed to go from here. Only ignorance can claim I'll be able to pack my bags after Christmas and leave without a second thought. I don't have a home and haven't had one since the house sold. A new family has it now, redecorating and repainting it. Did they put screens on the windows I used to crawl out of in the middle of the night? Do they stock the cupboards with groceries we ignored?